Wilfred Ndidi

Nigerian association football player · Nigeria · On the map · Footballers · Born 1996 · age 29

Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and captains the Nigeria national team.

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2022“It’s a personal thing for me that I want to do, to expand myself and learn new things. Instead of sitting at home after training I come to DMU for my classes.”In their words27 August 2022Leicester City's Ndidi completes diploma in Business and Management. Goal.comRead the whole statement

2017“I can only see myself as myself. Whether people say I play like Kanté, or that he’s better than me, I don’t listen to them.”In their words8 April 2017Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi: ‘The other players were scared and couldn’t cope’. The GuardianRead the whole statement

“My dad watched it on the television but he didn’t want me to play football. He is a soldier, but he didn’t want me to follow in his footsteps, he just wanted me to go to school.”In their words31 March 2017Ndidi: My father - a soldier - never wanted me to play football. TheCableRead the whole statement

1996Born16 December 1996